How much better are bio-based plastics than conventional plastics made from fossil fuels? Will Lego’s bio-based plastic bricks prove to be the way forward? Researchers from Keele University discuss. Lego is going to start making toys from plant-based plastic. In an...

LyindellBasell and Suez are going to scale-up the capacity of a Dutch company which converts consumer waste into raw materials for the plastics industry. Innovators Magazine reported last year the deal between Suez, a water and waste management leader and...

Petoskey Plastics was named the 2017 Processor of the Year by Plastics News at the newspaper’s executive forum conference held in Naples, Florida. After being named a finalist, Petoskey Plastics hosted Plastics News editor Donald Loepp and senior reporter Bill Bregar...

A green think tank has warned of the risk of unintended consequences from the wave of concern about plastics. The Green Alliance said plastics played a valuable role and couldn't be simply abolished. It wants to transform the notion of a "War on Plastics" into a "War...

The Brussels-based lobby group, PlasticsEurope, is fighting an EU decision to mark a substance the plastics industry often uses as potentially dangerous. The European trade association for the industry has gone all the way to the Court of Justice of the EU to take the...

JDS Technologies will invest $2.2 million to establish a new manufacturing facility in Winfield, TN and create approximately 110 new jobs during the next five years. The new operation in Winfield will be the rubber and plastics manufacturer’s second manufacturing...

The global Molecular Diagnostics market is expected to reach High Billion by 2022, growing at a double digit CAGR between 2017 and 2022. The demand for Molecular Diagnostics is anticipated to grow exponentially during the forecasting period driven by advantages such...

Carbios has developed a technology which can depolymerize textile waste fibers made of PET plastics into their original monomers. The technology uses enzymes to create biodegradable plastics and recycle existing plastics into their original compounds for reuse....

A study published in Nature Communications, which is part of the Ph.D. research of Dr. Amanda Dawson from Griffith University, has revealed that krill have the ability to digest plastic. Krill are small shrimp-like crustaceans found in the ocean. According to ABC News...